Best game of the year, better than any game in the World Cup? Unquestioned #1 in the world Barcelona against maybe #5 Arsenal of London, Champion's League round of 16 (basically leading to the Super Bowl of European football, with Barcelona the defending champion). I watched this one starting at 10 pm in my Athens hotel room on a Spanish channel.
Barcelona looked in control at Arsenal's London stadium 'The Emirates' and took a 1-0 lead on a deft pass from Lionel Messi to David Villa, and held that 1-0 lead into the middle of the 2nd half and pulled Villa for a defensive substitute.
Suddenly, Dutchman Robin Van Persie blasted in a shot from an incredible angle to tie the game, and barely 5 minutes later despite frantic Barcelona pressure, Arsenal counter-attacked the length of the field and Russian Andre Arshavin blasted in a shot from the left for the 2-1 Arsenal win.
Arsenal beat Barcelona last year at this stage ... then traveled to the Camp Nou in Barcelona and were destroyed as Messi (the world's #1 player) scored 4 goals.in a blowout.
Barcelona looked in control at Arsenal's London stadium 'The Emirates' and took a 1-0 lead on a deft pass from Lionel Messi to David Villa, and held that 1-0 lead into the middle of the 2nd half and pulled Villa for a defensive substitute.
Suddenly, Dutchman Robin Van Persie blasted in a shot from an incredible angle to tie the game, and barely 5 minutes later despite frantic Barcelona pressure, Arsenal counter-attacked the length of the field and Russian Andre Arshavin blasted in a shot from the left for the 2-1 Arsenal win.
Arsenal beat Barcelona last year at this stage ... then traveled to the Camp Nou in Barcelona and were destroyed as Messi (the world's #1 player) scored 4 goals.in a blowout.
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